Armed Forces Day Articles

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  1. Armed Forces Day events across UK honour military

    27th June 2010 by admin armed-forces-day-small

    Support for the work of the Armed Forces has been shown by thousands of people in towns and cities across the UK. Cardiff hosted this year’s Armed Forces Day, with some 350 other events elsewhere. The event follows a week in which nine UK service personnel serving in Afghanistan have died, taking the death toll  Read more…

    Tags: Armed Forces Day, British Army, The Prince of Wales, The Queen |

  2. British forces past and present are celebrated at Britain’s first Armed Forces Day.

    27th June 2009 by admin Prime Minister Gordon Brown meets cadets before attending a service to mark the 1st annual Armed Forces Day

    Across Britain on Saturday, thousands hit the streets – from Aberdeen to Worthing, from Barnet to Birmingham – to celebrate Britain’s first Armed Forces Day. Showing their pride and appreciation for the country’s military, towns and cities across the country were decked in bunting and Union flags Britain’s servicemen and women, past and present, paraded  Read more…

    Tags: Armed Forces Day, Dragoon Guards, Royal Signals Corp, The Queen, The Royal Gurkha Rifles |